Chapter 985: Chapter 422: Move Your Damn Legs, You’re Definitely Going to Get Killed! (2)
Dark Star had his own considerations.
At his level and realm, it was naturally impossible to solely pursue slaughter and exhilaration, but rather to contemplate from multiple angles to minimize risks.
Of course, the main reason was that Bai Xiao had made a name for himself, and the strength he displayed was already quite extraordinary. Otherwise, an ordinary Transformation Realm Master would have been crushed by Dark Star long ago, just like he did in the Luka Kingdom, stirring up a bloodstorm. But here, it’s different; this is East Sea City in the Red Li Federation.
Five minutes later.
“Swish!”
In the distance, a faintly discernible figure emerged from the darkness, floating like a ghostly apparition. He wore a long black robe, hovering in mid-air.
It was the hurriedly arriving Tunneling Ghost.
Pale arms protruded from beneath wide sleeves, displaying the Killing Ghost’s distinctive black Ghost Pattern symbol. Mysterious power surged, reducing his presence to the bare minimum.
If one wasn’t careful, they would overlook him.
“Set out.”
Everyone had arrived.
With Dark Star’s command, three figures instantly vanished from their original places.
At the same time.
In the city center of East Sea City, a car headed in the direction of the Dragon Elephant Martial Arts Hall.
Inside the car were two people, both dressed in fiery red combat uniforms.
They appeared to have a master-disciple relationship.
In the rear, a white-haired elder slowly lifted his head, revealing a face with contours vaguely resembling a hawk’s, gazing out the window.
Since the encounter with Bai Xiao at dusk, Qu Yu returned home, finding it increasingly difficult to restrain himself the more he thought about it. He perpetually felt that the Buddha Demon Heavenly Heart Technique Canaan practiced might have reached an unprecedented breakthrough. Her teacher’s achievements further sublimated in her hands, possibly reaching that legendary Forbidden level.
This stirred an unprecedented greed within Qu Yu.
He didn’t have much time left!
This time, breaking out of a death seclusion to participate in the 13th Martial Arts Competition.
Was it not because Qu Yu felt that if he merely continued in seclusion, he wouldn’t be able to break through to Grandmaster within his remaining lifespan? In life and death, there lies great terror!
“I must obtain a Forbidden Secret Martial.”
“Even if there’s only a one percent chance!”
An extreme obsession and deep unwillingness brewed within Qu Yu’s heart, transforming into the actions he planned to take at that moment.
Constant surveillance, waiting for the opportunity.
If any chance arises, there might be abundant rewards!
…
The night deepened, with clouds thickening, the moon hidden and stars sparse.
The lights of the Dragon Elephant Martial Arts Hall flickered, with only part of the venue and roads still illuminated. Meanwhile, parts resembling a square fell into darkness. Most lights in the back courtyard were also extinguished.
Although it wasn’t pitch black to the point where you couldn’t see your hand in front of you.
The visibility was still extremely poor.
However, at wallhead positions, surveillance cameras were installed at every important place. Night vision cameras captured nighttime scenes as clear as day. Various situations in this area could be viewed at a glance.
Yet, at a certain moment in the dead of night.
The images captured by the cameras seemed to distort slightly for a brief moment, but quickly returned to normal at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.
Two minutes later.
The Dragon Elephant Martial Arts Hall, back courtyard.
The last area Ghost Sword once intruded into.
“My lord.”
“In this area, that’s the only place I haven’t explored.”
In an open space, three figures suddenly appeared. The Tunneling Ghost withdrew his power while Ghost Sword pointed lightly towards a distant building.
Those tall buildings were exactly above Bai Xiao’s most important secret chamber.
Below was the Jade Mine Marrow and the Glazed Enlightenment Lotus Platform.
“Over there.”
Always cold and silent as a towering iron pillar, Dark Star took out the ferocious Ghost Face mask in his hand, the frequency of its flickering response visibly increasing.
It was the resonance of the Netherworld Mask with the source power.
“Go.”
Three powerful figures moved again, heading straight for that cluster of buildings. They split up to search, determined to obtain the second Mother of Masks!
“Sssss…”
To the far right of the building cluster, Tunneling Ghost hovered in mid-air, nearly in a state of utter silence, only the faint rustling of his robe in the air. He glanced up at the faintly visible moon, lifted a pale hand, and removed the black hood, revealing a somewhat translucent pale face. A multicolored black light enveloped him, instantly disappearing, rendering him invisible.
It exuded an aura of grandeur yet deadly power.
First floor of the building.
The Tunneling Ghost took out the Netherworld Mask from his chest and began his search based on the frequency of its resonance. Slowly, he walked towards the left side of the building, which seemed to be a study, with the door wide open.
The Tunneling Ghost went straight inside and resumed his search.
The frequency at which the Netherworld Mask flickered became exceptionally fast, indicating that the Mother of Masks was nearby. Yet, no matter how he searched, he still couldn’t find it.
“It shouldn’t be like this, it must be nearby!”
The Tunneling Ghost proceeded through the darkness, with a thud.
He seemed to have bumped into something.
A tall, hard, and cold wall?
The Tunneling Ghost looked up, his pupils contracting violently, and there stood a massive figure like a towering iron tower—a statue, motionless in the darkness. On its face lay a black-shelled Secret Silver Mask.
Fierce tusks, resembling a demon.
The Tunneling Ghost, a master of concealing his presence and aura, had to acknowledge the man before him as a Grandmaster. His aura restrained as if he were a dead object!
“When did he get here?”
“Has he been in the room all along, watching me search…”
The hair on the Tunneling Ghost bristled, an inexplicable horror seizing him.
“Are you looking for this?”
In front, the tall figure in black and gold combat attire slowly lifted his hand, taking off the mask on his face, revealing a cold and indifferent visage.
“You are…”
“Dragon Elephant Hall Master!!!”
The Tunneling Ghost’s heart skipped a beat, exclaiming in terror.
“Correct, you got it right.”
Bai Xiao’s face twisted into a grim smile.
“There’s a reward.”
The next second.
“Boom!!!!!!!”
A massive explosion shattered the silence of the Dragon Elephant Martial Arts Hall’s backyard. A fireball with a diameter of dozens of meters instantly blasted the left side of the building into fragments, steel and concrete scattering like celestial maidens scattering flowers.
“Whiz!”
In mid-air.
In a flash, the Tunneling Ghost was mercilessly exterminated, torn apart by the terrifying Dragon Elephant Power. His proud abilities had no effect. The Killing Ghost’s formidable undead body broke apart, fragmented.
Only a single screaming head remained, its expression twisted.
It seemed as if a desperate cry still lingered in its mouth.
“Ah!!!”
“What happened?”
From the side, the nearest building, a figure in black tight attire, Ghost Sword, rushed out, only to collide headlong with the flying head of the Tunneling Ghost. With a thud, he paused, looking down at the head in his hand.
That face was clearly the Tunneling Ghost!
“The Tunneling Ghost is dead?!”
With a bang.
The head in Ghost Sword’s hand exploded, seemingly unable to withstand the residual terrifying Dragon Elephant Power, bursting like a watermelon hitting the ground.
A plume of blood mist rose.
Amidst the mist, the sky and the moon both appeared to have turned blood red.
For some reason, at that moment, Ghost Sword’s whole body was set off by a major alarm. He was covered in goosebumps, every organ and cell screaming at him to flee! It was the instinct of a living creature!
Ghost Sword suddenly raised his head, his sight piercing the blood mist, to see a tall figure emerging from the building ahead. Its outline was blurred, but the pressure was so overwhelming that it was about to burst. The stench of blood gushed out, as if thousands of scarlet snakes were seeping into the air, dyeing the ground with blood.
“Tap.”
“Tap.”
“Tap.”
The blood-red figure moved, its slow steps inching closer bit by bit.
“Move, dead legs, move now!”
Ghost Sword’s heart was filled with an unstoppable anxiety. Yet his body seemed to be out of his control, completely paralyzed with the fear of a predator of a higher order. That primal fear from his very cells made it impossibly hard to move his legs, to even shift a limb took an enormity of effort.
Thus, Ghost Sword could only watch Bai Xiao approach him.
At this moment, he thought of the Tunneling Ghost who had just died, his heart filled with despair.
“N-next it’s me!”
“I’m… definitely going to be killed!”